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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like these children with sibling playmates don’t know how to entertain themselves. Sibling goes and they’re nagging their parents? How old are these kids? That’s an underrated skill that parents of one child probably overlook since their kids can do it. [/quote]

How many posters said that theirs will nag? One?

Most of the time, the other parent is busy, even if at home. My youngest is a preschooler and can play by herself for long stretches of time, but it's still not safe to leave her with my spouse if he is busy and completely checked out.[/quote]

The assumption is that [b]your husband would check back in to parent his child.[/b] [/quote]

That's not always possible, which is why people have nannies or use daycare [b]even if they work from home[/b]. 🤷‍♀️

That's great for you that this never comes up.[/quote]

PP here again -- for what it's worth, I have a very involved husband (more than me) AND I work from home and I have daycare. Please don't equate people who WAH without daycare to be parents who are checked out of parenting.

1) People NEED day care if they work from home. I have very independent, not high energy kids -- and have worked from home for 15 years. If I didn't have a nanny, it would be irresponsible. I happen to be a woman but it doesn't matter what my gender is. My husband works in a physical office. Unless you are doing something truly mindless, you would be checked out of work in most cases if you expected to take care of kids while WAH regularly.
2) Dad who check when kids are around out do occur, of course. So do mothers. Sometimes, depending on the age/kid, that is fine when the kids are around. It's also healthy to have down time if any gender or parent. OP seems to expect downtime for parents to not occur if it interferes with her child's wants/needs. There's a good argument to say that's no one else's problem besides the OP's. 
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Sorry, that quoted weirdly.

"PP here again -- for what it's worth, I have a very involved husband (more than me) AND I work from home and I have daycare. Please don't equate people who WAH with or without daycare to be parents who are checked out of parenting unless you want to make a very serious anti-work statement.[/quote]

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